title: Procedures for testing the viability of human hydatid cysts following surgical removal, especially after chemotherapy.
abstract: The basic problems involved in assessing the viability of hydatid material following surgical removal from human cases are outlined and the use of enzyme digestion techniques is shown to provide a rapid and relatively simple diagnostic procedure. The method is described in detail and examples of its practicability are cited. Infection in laboratory animals provides a back-up diagnostic procedure but cyst development in them is too slow to be of value for most clinical work.
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D010434:Pepsin A; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D014357:Trypsin; D010434:Pepsin A